“Never venture, never win!”

“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril.”

“What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.”

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”

“Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: 1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. 2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. 4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. 5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”

“know yourself and you will win all battles”

“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight”